Hello music lovers,
As you are all aware of, our foundation has been striving to shed light on the hitherto (largely) hidden compositions of Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi and the extent of his contributions. Two of our publications on him were released recently and have been well received by the music world.
The International Foundation for Carnatic Music is looking for experts in Srividya upasana and Sanskrit to do a detailed, critical and objective study of Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi's Kamakshi Navavaranams. This is especially significant given that OVK and Bhaskara Raya were contemporaries who lived within 20 miles of each other. There is no doubt that OVK's Navavaranams resonate with Bhaskara Raya's works.
It would be wonderful to pursue this aspect of OVK's compositions and we request experts from among you to help us in this study.
The text has been uploaded at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ovkmusic. Please go to 'files'.
Thanks,
Divya